Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Difficult or impossible to pronounce correctly.
- adjective Not fit to be mentioned.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not pronounceable; incapable of being pronounced; difficult to pronounce: as, a harsh, unpronounceable word.
- Unfit for being pronounced, named, or mentioned; unmentionable as being offensive to chaste ears.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Impossible or difficult to
pronounce orarticulate . - noun Something difficult or impossible to
pronounce .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective impossible or difficult to pronounce correctly
- adjective very difficult to pronounce correctly
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Mademoiselle Güldmar, if anything happens to me at this cascade with the name unpronounceable, you will again be my doctor, will you not?"
Thelma Marie Corelli 1889
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Of course our shipwrecked friend had to retail his story to the woman, and then learned from her that the island was a very large one, with a name unpronounceable by English lips, that it was very thinly inhabited, that it consisted almost entirely of pasture land, and that "the laird" owned a large portion of it, including the little fishing village of
The Eagle Cliff 1859
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•Some Koreans may mistake your first name for your last name or find your last name unpronounceable and address you by English courtesy title + first name.
ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007
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The so-called unpronounceable, name Shilpa; what's so difficult in that? is now known in every household in the Britain and the news-watching/reading world.
Trop Belle Pour Toi 2007
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•Some Koreans may mistake your first name for your last name or find your last name unpronounceable and address you by English courtesy title + first name.
ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007
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•Some Koreans may mistake your first name for your last name or find your last name unpronounceable and address you by English courtesy title + first name.
ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007
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While some say it is "unpronounceable", it would be a good idea to get used to the name because for sure it is going to be around the international travel, but the overall economic impact is only beginning to be understood.
WN.com - Articles related to NASA's Earth Exchange Allows Scientists to Collaborate on Data Analysis 2010
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While some say it is "unpronounceable", it would be a good idea to get used to the name because for sure it is going to be around the international travel, but the overall economic impact is only beginning to be understood.
WN.com - Articles related to NASA's Earth Exchange Allows Scientists to Collaborate on Data Analysis 2010
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While some say it is "unpronounceable", it would be a good idea to get used to the name because for sure it is going to be around the international media for a long time to come.
Pravda.Ru 2010
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Although, he prefers to be called by his Hebrew name of YHWH, he says it is "unpronounceable".
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